Various have away to America,
from Estelle to Joss Stone we've had the sane
problem for yeus and worst of all they never come
back md f they do they come back with a new ac-
cent, that's cringe worthy. Anyone remember Joss
Stone's Brit award incident? Well, we don't want
that happening with Lela. She's talented enough to
stay in the UK and have a successful career here
and in America, like Adele. So Will she do an Adele
or Estelle? "America's not on my mind riqltnow. It
would be great to get my music over there but I'm
not gong to go out of my way to do that, makes
no sense there's YouTLA)e and twitter now. These
things make you popular without even any pruno-
tion at all. Adele's proven that With her Brit award
performance that went v*al and got her album to
nol n America. So hopefully something that
can happen to me, but f not I'm not going to cry
about It, " That's good to know Leila wm't be
an Estelle.
"I don't like it,
it's catchy but
I feel like its
not real R&B"
18
Shes a strong woman for someone whos
just 18 and she's very conscious of the fact that she's
a role model to girl:s_ She wears clothes which many
female artists don't do today, when I tell her that
she throws her head back and lets out an animated
laugh, she knows it's true and you can tell she's
proud. •I wear clothes because I want to. I feel like
some female artists do that because they thhk that
theVre women by showing that they can
be as sexually powerful as men, but my opinion I
think that they are degrading themselves even more.
But more I think that should show gtts
that they can be successful using their brain rather
than the r body. "
"I thought my
performance
wasn't that good."
This why Leila Iman is and the skys the
limit for her _ She's humble yet feisW; she's smart but
not intmdating_ "Is there anything you can't do?'
I ask her. She looks up at the ceiling and thhks,
"I cant whistle," she says with a straight face; she
shrugs and bursts out laughing. As Leila walks out of
the restaurant with that contagious sm"e without any-
one acknowledging her I think to myself, • she should
savour this because In about two weeks
time when her first single drops she won't be able to
walk down the street without signing an autograph or
having her photo taken,". Leila Iman IS going to be
the new queen of the scene Rhanna, dey enjoy
your time at the top fu as as you can___
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